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dc.contributor.authorRamachandran, A.
dc.contributor.authorTsigklifis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorRoy, A.
dc.contributor.authorLeal, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:34:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:34:00Z
dc.date.created2015-11-04T04:24:23Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationRamachandran, A. and Tsigklifis, K. and Roy, A. and Leal, G. 2012. The effect of interfacial slip on the dynamics of a drop in flow: Part I. Stretching, relaxation, and breakup. Journal of Rheology. 56 (1): pp. 45-97.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3783
dc.identifier.doi10.1122/1.3663379
dc.description.abstract

Using a numerical method based on the boundary-integral technique, we assess the impact of interfacial slip on the dynamics of deformation and breakup of a single drop subjected to a uniaxial extensional flow under creeping-flow conditions. Interfacial slip is incorporated in our continuum development as a jump in the tangential velocity across the interface. This velocity jump is shown to reduce to the Navier-slip boundary condition to leading order and is characterized by a dimensionless slip coefficient a = (d I /µ I) (µ / R), where d I is thickness of the diffuse interface between the liquids, I is the viscosity of the interfacial region, is the viscosity of the suspending fluid, and R is the drop radius. A key contribution of this paper is the development of a stable, boundary-integral formulation to incorporate interfacial slip into existing, no-slip boundary-integral frameworks for drop deformation. Slip has a fourfold impact on the drop stretching, relaxation, and breakup phenomena. First, when the capillary number is small, the steady deformation of the drop with slip is smaller than the no-slip result, and the difference increases with the viscosity ratio and the capillary number. Slip thus leads to larger critical capillary numbers beyond which the drop stretches continuously in the extensional flow. Second, for capillary numbers greater than the critical value, we find that the shape of the deformed drop for the same drop elongation is relatively insensitive to the slip coefficient, but the time required to reach this deformation is a strong function of the slip coefficient-slip slows down the deformation process. Third, the end-pinch mechanism of drop breakup leads to a different number and sizes of droplets with the inclusion of slip. Finally, slip causes the capillary-instability mechanism of drop breakup to produce larger drops at faster rates relative to the no-slip case. In addition to the above results, we also show that slip moderates the viscosity and normal stress differences in a sheared, dilute emulsion. Our study has important implications in the area of blending of immiscible polymers and indicates that the drop size distribution, which ultimately governs the material properties of the blend and composites prepared from it, is influenced strongly by interfacial slip. © 2012 The Society of Rheology.

dc.titleThe effect of interfacial slip on the dynamics of a drop in flow: Part I. Stretching, relaxation, and breakup
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume56
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage45
dcterms.source.endPage97
dcterms.source.issn0148-6055
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Rheology
curtin.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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